KIRKSVILLE - After compiling the eighth most wins in D-II history as a part of the MIAA, Truman State football will begin play in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in September. The Bulldogs released their 2013 schedule on Monday and it includes some familiar faces.

The Bulldogs begin the 2013 season when they face Southwest Baptist who recently left the MIAA and has since returned to the conference. In fact, TSU will face two former conference foes in the first three games of the season as they also host the Central Missouri Mules.

Truman opens GLVC action when they travel to Quincy University and play the Hawks for only the fourth time in the history of the two programs.

The first two GLVC games for Truman are on the road. After traveling across the river Truman will travel to Liberty to play William Jewell. SBU finished last season with a 3-8 record and lost to TSU in last season's opening game by a 24-14 score.

Truman holds a 20-3 all-time record against SBU. After opening with the Bearcats Truman will travel to Michigan and play Grand Valley State as the Bulldogs face the Lakers in the first of a seven-game series with the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

The Bulldogs are 2-0 all-time against the Lakers, but haven't met since 1988. GVSU missed out on the postseason in 2012 despite finishing with a 8-3 record. Closing out the reunion tour through the MIAA, Truman will face the UCM Mules. These two teams have met 97 times in a series that dates back to 1905.

TSU holds a decisive series edge with a 52-39-5 record. Central won last season's game by a 38-17 score as the Mules went on to finish 6-4.

The opening of GLVC play starts a new chapter in what is expected to become a budding rivalry in the new conference. Truman has beaten QU two of the three times the schools have met. The Hawks 3-8 last season.

A big factor in Truman making the move out of the MIAA was reduced travel. That plays out in week two of GLVC play, as TSU will travel to play William Jewell. Truman's first two conference games are on the road but they won't travel further than three hours to play either game. The Cards and Bulldogs have a 6-5-2 series history, but WJC is coming off a 2-9 season.

Truman opens their home GLVC history when they host McKendree. It will be the first time the Bearcats have visited Kirksville.

Truman beat McKendree 25-10 in their only meeting in 2011. MU finished 3-7 last year.

When TSU faces Missouri S&T, the Bulldogs will renew their old rivalry with the Miners. S&T left the MIAA in 2004 and the two teams haven't met since 2008.

Page 2 of 2 - TSU holds a 49-22-4 edge in the series. The Miners finished 10-1 last season and averaged over 41 points per game, but will be replacing the majority of that explosive offense.

The longest road trip in conference play will be when Bulldogs travel to face Kentucky Wesleyan. Not only will it be the first time TSU has played in Owensboro, Ky., but the first time the two teams have met.

The Panthers finished 2-9 last season. Truman's last home game of the season will be against St. Joseph's College. The Pumas finished last year with a 6-5 record, the Bulldogs hold a 3-0 all-time record against SJC.

The regular season ends with Truman traveling to Indianapolis to face the defending GLVC champs. The Greyhounds finished 9-2 last season and hosted a first-round playoff game that saw them beat Midwestern (Texas) State out of the Lone Star Conference.

UI lost in the next round when they faced the regions top seed Colorado State-Pueblo and lost 28-7.

This will be the first time the two teams have met.

The Bulldogs opponents had a combined record of 52-56 last season.

Their GLVC foes had a 35-41 combined record last season.

In their last season in the MIAA the Bulldogs conference opponents had a combined record of 56-54.